FOUR more people have died from coronavirus at Northumbria Healthcare hospitals, it has been confirmed.

NHS England confirmed that 351 people have now died from COVID-19 at the trust's hospitals, up from yesterday's figure of 347.

23 patients at the trust have died in the last five days.

Hexham Courant:

According to the latest figures from Public Health England, another 88 cases were confirmed in Northumberland yesterday.

The total number of lab-confirmed cases across the county now stands at 8,237.

Northumberland County Council's data showed that there were 593 cases confirmed in the seven days up to November 25 - a rate of 185.2 cases per 100,000 residents.

Prudhoe South had the highest number of cases confirmed in the Hexham Constituency, with 17.

Hexham Courant:

Hexham constituency: confirmed cases by ward

  • Prudhoe South - 17
  • South Tynedale - 11
  • Hexham East - 10
  • Hexham Central with Acomb - 10
  • Haltwhistle - 10
  • Ponteland North - 9
  • Prudhoe North - 7
  • Ponteland East and Stannington - 7
  • Haydon and Hadrian - 7
  • Ponteland West - 5
  • Ponteland South with Heddon - 5
  • Humshaugh - 5
  • Hexham West - 5

Nationally, the total death toll rose by 521 to 57,551, while a further 16,022 cases were confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to 1,589,301.

According to Public Health England, the latest estimate of the R number, as of November 27, had fallen to 0.9 to 1, meaning the infection grwoth was between minus two per cent and zero per cent.